ALAVA – Adult Learning as an Added Value to the Activities Of Community-Based Non-Governmental Organisations
Aims and objectives
The ALAVA project designs and provides training and consultancy in various basic skills to socially disadvantaged groups from local communities.
The project principally aims to strengthen the capacity of local community organisations adding value to their activities by developing an adult learning dimension. This is achieved through establishing adult learning centres within community-based non-governmental organisations in three enlargement countries - Bulgaria, Poland and Romania.
Activities and lessons learned
To date the project has had three meetings and ongoing long distance work has focussed on the development of training materials and the piloting of training for disadvantaged groups in Bulgaria, Poland and Romania.
Achievements
 | Approximately six training modules have been developed targeted to specific disadvantaged groups; |
| Comparative Training Needs Analysis Report for Bulgaria, Poland and Romania has been produced; |
| Piloting of training has begun; |
| A final conference will be held to disseminate project results and enable exchange of best practices. |
Materials produced
Training materials will be available after piloting has been completed.
Partnership organisations/countries
UK: European Institute of Social Services [EISS];
Bulgaria: Foundation for Local Government Reform European Training Centre - EDU.5;
Poland: Foundation in Support of Local Democracy;
Romania: Romanian Association for Community Development;
Germany: The Institute for International Cooperation of the German Adult Education.
Learner involvement
Learners (in particular unemployed people, women at risk, young dropouts and minorities) have undertaken training in Bulgaria, Romania and Poland.
Impact
On the organisation
The project has encouraged the development of knowledge and new training
modules.
Contact details
Name, organisation and address:Maureen Napier
European Institute of Social Services
Keynes College
University of Kent
Canterbury
CT2 7NP
Telephone no.: 01227 823071
Email: m.napier@kent.ac.uk
Classification data
Project focus
| Active citizenship | |
| Essential skills | |
| Inter-generational learning | |
| Cultural/multi-cultural | |
| ICT and learning |
x |
| Foreign languages | |
| Other* |
Project Type: Grundtvig 1 (Co-operation Projects)
UK Project Base
| East Midlands | |
| East of England | |
| London | |
| North East | |
| Northern Ireland | |
| North West | |
| Scotland | |
| South East |
x |
| South West | |
| Wales | |
| West Midlands | |
| Yorkshire and the Humber |
